In my subdivision is one of the biggest "holes in the ground" in the world!!

Its actually quite beautiful, and there is a pretty blue green body of water in it as well.

The lookout was locked but it was still beautiful.

This is the baseball field right next to the quarry.

So pretty

Then we walked over the the I-80 overpass. I don't know if you find this strange or not, but we like to come here and freak ourselves out!!! We are on top of the bridge so we are clearly not going to get hurt, but we run to stand in front of the lane when the semi trucks pass and it feels like they are going to hit you. It is such a rush and we love it!!!

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Yesterday I played hookie from work.

The hubbs and I went for a little trip to the city.

We hit up the museum and then went for some treats!

Mmmmm so delish.... Lemon and raspberry

Brandon tried the orange.....i think he liked it.

Then we ventured over to Ginos East for some good old Chicago style Deep Dish.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

My mom and I started painting my living room Friday night at 8pm and ended with the coat of primer at 5am.

The people that owned this house before me were crazy!! and I am sure they got a laugh after we signed for the house thinking, 'they are going to have a hell of a time trying to fix anything in that house!'

When we bought the house my living room (brace yourselves) had BLUE wood paneling on three walls. the last wall was fake rock panels. The carpet is BLUE. You cant even imagine.

Well, I guess you can, here is a picture.

It is so dark and depressing in there. And the room has a crazy boxed in feel. So my mom and I decided to go at it.

We tore down the rock wall.

The rock wall was nailed and glued to the WALLPAPER behind it.

I dont even want to talk about this wall because I hate it so much. he-he

Instead of re-drywalling the whole room we decided that painting the paneling would give it a beautiful 'thrifty chic' look. We primed and added 2 coats.

Had to go through each divot in the paneling.

I never thought it would be that much work.

Oh boy, we were hurting.

We finally went to bed at 5am/ woke up at 9am and started again. We wanted to finish before my husband got home from work but we ended up working until 10:30 last night.

My mom is just amazing. She gave up her whole weekend to help me. And she is the only reason we finished. We did not stop at all aside from eating and a trip to Menards.

But we did decide to trade in our lunch break for a little treat!

We found this adorable little shop up the road and I am in love.

Cunis Candies-

You sit in the beautiful red booths next to the black and white checkered floors and they wait on you for your ice cream order!

Ah I love it!!!!

They most Amazing turtle sundae We have ever had! hands-down. My mom and I could not stop talking about it. i think this will become a regular place ;)

I will post pictures after I get the living room back in order. I woke up this morning and there was so much sun shinning into that room and it was so bright, I still have a huge smile on my face!

I've got so much to do today and I promised Lieutenant Whitey I would take him to the lake. So im off. Have a wonderful Sunday everyone!!!

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

I was at work today and a few patients at the front desk were talking about 'escaped convicts and lockdowns' and I was like ehhh..ok

Then one of my co-workers said something about Mokena being on Lockdown. My house (parents house, I still call it my house) is in Mokena. My mom dad sisters and brothers live there. So I kind of freaked out. The story was, 6 convicts escaped from jail and had robbed a house in Tinley, everything in Tinley and Mokena was on lockdown.

So Im calling my dad, he is at work 2 blocks from the robbing. Mom, sister, and brother are at work, could not get a hold of my mini sister but later found out she was at school. I was calling everyone like 'Oh geezz stay inside!' I get so paranoid when things like this happen. And having a big family means more people to worry about and keep track of.

My brothers girlfriend was at her salon, alone! She had to turn off the lights and lock the doors and sit there by herself.

So later after everyone is freaking out, we find out that is was just a robbery from 4 criminals. The hubbs met up with our cop friend who was flying the search helicopter [thats how extreme it got] and all that for really nothing.

I guess that after the Lane Bryant happenings last year they wanted to make sure nothing like that was related because it was so close. But thankfully it was just another everyday robbery [sad] and no one was hurt.

But it sure did freak everyone out!

So I finally calmed down and finished my work day.......draggg.

But when I got home I was excited to make these pretties. I love them so much because they are so simple yet so cute!!! and they taste amazing!!

Eggs and Bacon!!!!

and green eggs and ham :) I ran out of yellow

So these little ones are just so simple.....

What you need:

pretzel sticks

white chocolate [morsels or almond bark]

yellow or green m&ms

wax paper

1. Lay a sheet of wax paper over a baking sheet

2. Place 2 pretzel sticks next to each other on wax paper

3. Melt chocolate, see package for directions, But be careful, It is easy to burn!!

trust me, I know :)

4. Drop a dollop of chocolate over the two strips of bacon [pretzels]

5. Add a yellow M&M to the middle of the chocolate to create the egg yolk.

1. My freshman year in high school my friends and I joined the Badminton team as a joke. It ended up loving it. I was on varsity all four years and my senior year at state I took 6th place. You never know until you try!

2. When I was 12 I dislocated my pinky finger playing football. I went to catch the ball and it went through my fingers. My pinky stuck out at a 90 degree angle. The Dr. put it back in place using a Chinese handcuff and a pencil eraser.

3. My husband was my youth pastor. He-he, I still think this is funny. :)

4. I want to road trip around the entire US. I am currently working on it ;)

5. My natural hair is curlier than any curly hair you have ever seen. When I was young it was bleach blonde ringlets that formed an afro. I hated it. My biggest regret in life: I got it chemically straightened in high school. and its never been the same. :(

6. My childhood dream was to be in the WNBA. But after high school I was so tired of it. Coaches screaming in your face and the pressure to be perfect was stressful. Looking back now, I can't believe how serious I took it. But basketball will always be my love.

7. I think I am addicted to buying things online. Sometimes I just browse the internet and to see if I can find something to buy and then make up an excuse as to why I would need such a thing. [shh..don't tell my husband] :)

Now to pass the Beautiful Blogger award on to 10 wonderful bloggers. Will you accept?

We had a blast. My sister are two of the most amazing people I have ever known. The great thing is is that we are all so different. But we get along like we are the same people.

After our little shoot we went home to throw together some food.

We threw together my fav. little dish. So simple, so amazing

Raw broccoli, cauliflower, and cucumbers.

1 can black beans

crumbled feta

olive oil

red wine vinegar

salt and peppa

refrigerate

mmmmmmmmmmm

Then we attempted to make Dad's salsa. We didn't do half bad.

So that night my Husband had to sleep at the firehouse so all of us girls cuddled up in our bed! It was so much fun because I don't remember the last time we all shared a bed. We have shared a little tiny room our entire lives and I am so thankful for that. I know that is what helped us become so close!

Tonight I baked a few cuppy-cakes. My sister had to make some for her friends birthday, so I baked these minis with the left over batter. I love them! But they are going to work with me tomorrow so I don't eat them all :)

My sister made Pokemon cupcakes for her friend. And he will be 22 not 12. I guess there is no age limit there. They turned out super cute. She also made a few cuties for her bf.

I had to leave some for my hubbs. He went to bed early all sad because we asked him to take the batch of cupcakes out for us and he fell asleep. They were black when we got home. He felt bad but I had to make it up to him. Turns out the timer doesn't work! Not your fault honey :)

Lastly, it was Beautiful outside the other night so B and I had a roof date. We sat on top the house, watched the stars, and had a lil chit-chat. It was perfect. So perfect that i almost slept up there. But thats because I couldn't get down. I was too afraid to put both my feet off onto the ladder! Ten minutes later I finally reached ground. It gave B quite a laugh since he is a roofer part time.!

Here is the new welcome sign I made for my house last week. It came out pretty good. Now I think I want to paint my front door yellow, I like the contrast. I think I'll see what my husband says. ha-ha.

About Me

I'm a 25 year old wife and mommy to our new little man Noah. I have a love for photography and all things thrifty and crafty. We live outside Chicago and feel very blessed to have this amazing little life!